Lansing

The Cook County Sheriff's Office says Jaylen Lewis from Calumet City was charged for the fatal shooting of a 64-year-old man.

Nearly three dozen law enforcement agencies across the state are participating in the nationwide Aftermath K9 Grant contest.

In Lansing, District 158 is kicking things off with a back-to-school bash before classes start Wednesday. The district is implementing several new safety measures this year.

Now that most kids are home from school, the Greater Chicago Food Depository "Lunch Bus" is back in business, delivering meals for the first time this summer in seven suburban areas.

A suburban Chicago man was ordered held on a $1 million bond for allegedly slashing another man repeatedly with a machete after they argued over parking outside an apartment, police said.

"There is no excuse whatsoever for Mr. Tillmon’s violent actions," DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said.

At least 11 people were injured when a school bus carrying members of a south suburban high school track team was involved in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday night.

A 34-year-old Dolton man faces federal charges after allegedly buying 27 handguns under his own name, but then giving them to another person.

A Ford Heights woman is accused of setting a fire inside a Lansing Walmart to create a distraction while she stole items. 

Police in the south suburbs and Northwest Indiana are looking for two people wanted for setting fires at retail stores and using it as a distraction to steal electronics.

ILLINOIS CAR THEFT RING: Six individuals, including a local rapper, are accused of using fake identities to receive financing for luxury vehicles at dealerships across the state to make illegal profits.

A south suburban teen has been charged with making online threats of gun violence to several Chicago public schools, including Simeon Career Academy High School, which lost two students to shootings this week.

Tornado warnings were issued for a dozen cities and towns in the Chicago suburbs on Saturday, including Bradley, Manteno, Peotone, Lansing and Bourbonnais. Tornado sirens briefly blared in parts of Chicago Saturday afternoon, but a tornado warning was allowed to expire after rotation clouds passed over the North and Lower West sides of the city.

A man is in custody after allegedly fleeing the scene of a fatal crash Wednesday in suburban Lansing.